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Holdups. I still need to invest in proper matching underwear that includes a suspender belt. I understand the legs are popular here so here's the legs under lockdown.
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Cube houses (Dutch: kubuswoningen) are a set of innovative houses built in Helmond and Rotterdam in the Netherlands, designed by architect Piet Blom and based on the concept of "living as an urban roof": high density housing with sufficient space on the ground level, since its main purpose is to optimise the space inside. Blom tilted the cube of a conventional house corner upwards, and rested it upon a hexagon-shaped pylon. His design represents a village within a city, where each house represents a tree, and all the houses together, a forest. The central idea of the cube houses around the world is mainly optimizing the space, as a house, to a better distribution of the rooms inside.
The houses in Rotterdam are located on Overblaak Street, right above the Blaak metro station. The 1977 original plan showed 55 houses, but not all of them were built.[ There are 38 small cubes and two so called 'super-cubes', all attached to each other.
As residents are disturbed so often by curious passers-by, one owner decided to open a "show cube", which is furnished as a normal house, and is making a living out of offering tours to visitors.
The living room of the "show cube" in Rotterdam
The houses contain three floors:
ground floor entrance
first floor with living room and open kitchen
second floor with two bedrooms and bathroom
top floor which is sometimes used as a small garden
The walls and windows are angled at 54.7 degrees. The total area of the apartment is around 100 square metres (1,100 sq ft), but around a quarter of the space is unusable because of the walls that are under the angled ceilings.
In 2006, a museum of chess pieces was opened under the houses.
In 2009, the larger cubes were converted by Personal Architecture into a hostel run by Dutch hostel chain Stayokay.
In 2019, the Art cube opened at Overblaak 30. The Art cube is a place where art and architecture come together. With the original living layout intact, this cube house forms the backdrop for the work of various local artists.
The difference in light between the illuminated ferris wheel and quiescent trawler meant that I had to take two exposures from the same view and focus point, then stack the two together in photoshop to optimises exposure for both elements. Otherwise little image editing.
Honfleur is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy en.normandie-tourisme.fr/normandy-tourism-109-2.html in northwestern France. It is located on the southern bank of the estuary of the Seine across from le Havre and very close to the exit of the Pont de Normandie. Its inhabitants are called Honfleurais. It is especially known for its old, beautiful picturesque port, characterized by its houses with slate-covered frontages, painted many times by artists, including in particular Gustave Courbet, Eugène Boudin, Claude Monet and Johan Jongkind, forming the école de Honfleur (Honfleur school) which contributed to the appearance of the Impressionist movement. The Sainte-Catherine church, which has a bell tower separate from the principal building, is the largest church made out of wood in France. The first written record of Honfleur is a reference by Richard III, Duke of Normandy, in 1027. By the middle of the 12th century, the city represented a significant transit point for goods from Rouen to England. Located on the estuary of one of the principal rivers of France with a safe harbour and relatively rich hinterland, Honfleur profited from its strategic position from the start of the Hundred Years' War. The town's defences were strengthened by Charles V in order to protect the estuary of the Seine from attacks from the English. This was supported by the nearby port of Harfleur. However, Honfleur was taken and occupied by the English in 1357 and from 1419 to 1450. When under French control, raiding parties often set out from the port to ransack the English coasts, including partially destroying the town of Sandwich, in Kent, England, in the 1450s. At the end of the Hundred Years' War, Honfleur benefited from the boom in maritime trade until the end of the 18th century. Trade was disturbed during the wars of religion in the 16th century. The port saw the departure of a number of explorers, in particular in 1503 of Binot Paulmierde Gonneville to the coasts of Brazil. In 1506, local man Jean Denis departed for Newfoundland island and the mouth of the Saint Lawrence. An expedition in 1608, organised by Samuel de Champlain, founded the city of Quebec in modern day Canada. After 1608, Honfleur thrived on trade with Canada, the West Indies, the African coasts and the Azores. As a result, the town became one of the five principal ports for the slave trade in France. During this time the rapid growth of the town saw the demolition of its fortifications on the orders of Colbert. The wars of the French revolution and the First Empire, and in particular the continental blockade, caused the ruin of Honfleur. It only partially recovered during the 19th century with the trading of wood from northern Europe. Trade was however limited by the silting up of the entrance to the port and development of the modern port at Le Havre. The port however still functions today. On August 25, 1944, Honfleur was liberated together by the British army - 19th Platoon of the 12th Devon's, 6th Air Landing Brigade, the Belgian army (Brigade Piron) on 25 August 1944.[1] and the Canadian army without any combat. en.normandie-tourisme.fr/articles/honfleur-278-2.html
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Commonwealth Light Ship-4 (CLS-4) Carpentaria is one of four identical lightships designed in 1915 by the Scottish firm D & C Stevenson of Edinburgh. They were designated CLS-1 to CLS-4. The design is optimised for operating unmanned anchored at a stationary position on station offshore for prolonged periods of time, away from port.
Carpentaria has a riveted steel hull and no superstructure, with a single mast amidships mounting the beacon lantern atop. Being a stationary vessel, she has no installed propulsion engines in her and has to be towed to change position or return to port. In 1950, CLS-4 was equipped with a diesel engine to power an anchor windlass; it was protected by a steel deckhouse added at that time.
Carpentaria's lantern was powered by acetylene gas. She carried a 6-month supply in four tanks; the gas flow was controlled by a valve which would regulate the flashes of the light according to the code assigned to the station. The gas would shut down during daylight; the beacon light could be seen from 10 nm away. She also carried a bell activated by the rolling motion, so it could be heard in low visibility conditions.
CLS-4 Carpentaria was built at the Cockatoo Island Dockyard in Sydney, Australia and launched in 1917. She was put in service that year, together with her sister ship CLS-2, in the Gulf of Carpentaria. They would alternate between being on station and in port for maintenance.
Later in her career, CLS-2 and -4 were assigned to a traffic separator role in the Bass Strait, where they narrowly avoided being hit by container ships. In 1985, both were decommissioned. Later they were destined for preservation: CSL-2 was given to the Queensland Maritime Museum in Brisbane, Queensland, while CLS-4 went to the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney, NSW, where she is seen above in 2009.
Each vessel in the class displaced 164 tonnes. They were 21.94m long, 7.82m in the beam and had a 2.74m draught.
The house named A La Ronde is unique in having 16 sides, optimised to enable the original owners to follow the sunlight as their days progressed.
They made their money in wine, then concrete after Lisbon was hit by the earthquake. A fascinating NT property well worth a visit.
There's more information about the house and a panoramic tour of its unique shell gallery at www.nationaltrust.org.uk/discover/virtual-visit/a-la-rond...
Alicante looking northwards towards Benidorm. About as close as I'd like to get given the amount of Brit bars / Jock's Bars (no offence GG) et al.
My preference leans more towards the Spanish, even if they do want their monkey sanctuary back (Gib).
J'aime beaucoup ces appareils photo chinois inspirés des Rolleiflex et, somme toute, plutôt bien construits et performants. Celui-ci qui est de la première génération des 4A a été remis en état par mes soins. Je suis parti de deux appareils 4A identiques dont l'un avait un obturateur HS pour parvenir à celui-ci que j'ai optimisé avec le remplacement de l'objectif de prise de vue HAIOU 31 par un objectif neuf SA99 à quatre lentilles. J'en ai profité pour le nettoyer et le reviser en contrôlant en particulier l'exactitude de la mise au point avec l'objectif de prise de vue.
J'ai rédigé ici un article sur la remise en état de cet appareil: mlmpages.wordpress.com/2021/11/30/les-appareils-photos-se...
I really like these Chinese cameras inspired by Rolleiflexes and, all in all, rather well built and efficient. This one, which is the first generation of the 4A, has been repaired by me. I started with two identical 4A cameras, one of which had an HS shutter, to achieve this one that I optimized with the replacement of the HAIOU 31 shooting lens with a new SA99 four-lens lens. I took the opportunity to clean it and revise it, checking in particular the accuracy of the focus with the shooting lens.
I wrote an article here about the refurbishment of this device:
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Realmente me gustan estas cámaras chinas inspiradas en Rolleiflexes y, en general, bastante bien construidas y eficientes. Este, que es la primera generación del 4A, ha sido reparado por mí. Empecé con dos cámaras 4A idénticas, una de las cuales tenía un obturador HS, para lograr esta que optimicé con el reemplazo de la lente HAIOU 31 por una nueva lente de cuatro elementos SA99. Acabé por limpiarlo y revisarlo, comprobando en particular la precisión del enfoque con la lente de disparo.
Escribí un artículo aquí sobre la renovación de esta cámara:
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The Unimog 70200 is the first series production Unimog of the Unimog series, made by Gebr. Boehringer. It was manufactured in Boehringer's Göppingen plant from June 1948 to April 1951. In total, 600 units of the 70200 have been made. Manufacture of the Unimog was sold to Daimler-Benz in October 1950, where it was modified for mass production. This mass production optimised Unimog is known as Unimog 2010.
The name Unimog 70200 was chosen because of Boehringer's cost centre. All Unimog 70200 vehicle identification numbers begin with 70200. Minuscules were used to differentiate between certain models. It is said that approximately 100–120 Unimog 70200 still exist today.
Colour always accentuates detail., which is why birds like the Kingfisher and the Kite instantly give away the wonderful detail woven into their feathers
The Buzzard here is no less intricate., You just have to look a little harder to appreciate the amazing complexity in his 'coat'
Every feather has a purpose., it will be a certain size and shape and angle to optimise his flying ability., his predatory ability., and ultimately his ability to survive
Whether your viewpoint is creation or evolution (or a bit of both) ., if you really stop and look., the only conclusion you can come to is that he's an absolute miracle.
In fact., just like we all are., no matter what we look like...
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With my 35mm lens, I couldn't go back enough on the Piazza del Duomo to get a full shot of the Cathedral.
Therefore I took two shots on top of each other and reconstructed the merge to a building that did not fall back too much. This gives a realistic proportion between the triple front part of the cathedral and its tower at the right. Shot optimised for large monitor.
The Bison was an amphibious vehicle, optimised for traversing the tundra of Hibernia. Similar to Siberia, on Earth, the land could be frozen and snowy in the winter and then melt into swampland in the summer.
The design was based on the LVT Buffalo of WWII vintage. A big difference was that the Bison's ramp was front loading, whereas the Buffalo had a rear loading ramp. The Bison also featured extra plumbing, to enable hand washing, which was impossible in the old Buffalo design.
The cargo space was just large enough to hold one, half-sized standard Hibernia container or a small vehicle.
Parkbrug est un pont pour piétons et cyclistes qui relie Park Spoor Noord à Eilandje. Le pont a une longueur de 67 m . Il est conçu par Ney & Partners et repose sur la London Tower (côté ville) et sur le bâtiment Artesis Plantin College (côté parc). Sa structure repose sur un tube, évolué et optimisé de telle sorte qu'il ne repose que sur deux points. Le pont est la dernière étape des travaux d'infrastructure sur Kop Spoor Noord. L'emplacement stratégique du pont est censé être une belle porte d'entrée vers la ville d'Anvers.
Parkbrug est un pont pour piétons et cyclistes qui relie Park Spoor Noord à Eilandje. Le pont a une longueur de 67 m . Il est conçu par Ney & Partners et repose sur la London Tower (côté ville) et sur le bâtiment Artesis Plantin College (côté parc). Sa structure repose sur un tube, évoluée et optimisée de telle sorte qu'il ne repose que sur deux points. Le pont est la dernière étape des travaux d'infrastructure sur Kop Spoor Noord. L'emplacement stratégique du pont est censé être une belle porte d'entrée vers la ville d'Anvers.
Here is a quick comparison image of a few CA bricks. The explanation below is not really proper science, but it might still be interesting to see what we can say about them....
First, some of the (simplified) physics:
Polarized light
A ray of light behaves as a wave. It has a direction in which it travels, but the wave also has an orientation perpendicular to that direction. The wave can be oriented horizontally, vertically or anything in between. (Imagine drawing an arrow on a sheet of paper. The paper can lie flat on the table, or you can lift it up and rotate it while the arrow keeps pointing in the same direction.)
Normal light has a mix of all these orientations. That orientation can be changed when light is reflected on a surface or when it is refracted in a material.
A polarizer filter blocks light waves in one of the orientations and lets the light waves in the perpendicular orientation go through. As a result, the background of my photos can be black or white. The polarised light is blocked (black) or allowed to pass through (white).
Refraction and dispersion
When we talk about “the speed of light” we generally refer to the speed of light in a vacuum. The speed of light travelling through a medium (any material) is different. Light travelling through anything other than a perfect vacuum will be slowed down by an interaction with whatever particles it encounters. The amount by which light slows in a given material is described by the refractive index. The value of that refractive index depends on the material properties (molecules) and the frequency (color) of the light.
If a ray of light enters a medium at an angle, the change of refractive index will cause a change in the direction in which the light travels. Because the refractive index depends on the frequency/wavelength, not all colors change their direction over the same angle (dispersion). The most common example of this is a prism. A ray of white light enters on one side, and a rainbow spectrum exits on the other side.
Birefringence (or double refraction) and photoelasticity
Birefringence is the optical property of a material having a refractive index that depends on the polarization and propagation direction of light. The light is refracted into two rays, each polarized with the vibration directions oriented at right angles (mutually perpendicular) to one another and traveling at different velocities. As a result, the two rays of light take a different path through the material, with a different speed and a different color dispersion.
Photoelasticity is the phenomenon of birefringence of polarized light by a transparent material under elastic stress. For these materials, the size of the refractive indices at each point in the birefringent material is directly proportional to the internal stresses at that point. Photoelasticity can be used as a non-destructive test to show internal stresses in transparent plastics. Areas with high levels of stress will show more colourful light fringes close to each other than the other areas.
Many crystals are naturally birefringent, but isotropic materials such as plastics and glass can also often be made birefringent by introducing a preferred direction through (for example by applying an external load, creating elastic stress). The injection molding process aligns the molecules of the plastic in the direction of the flow, which creates such a preferred direction through and creates the birefringent property of the material. As a result, it is not surprising that the effect occurs in transparent LEGO bricks. (Because colored bricks act as a color filter, the effect is only visible in the transparent-clear bricks. We cannot make a full rainbow using only red light)
Internal stresses in molded parts
When bricks are molded, liquid material is pushed into the mold. The material starts to cool down and solidify on the outside first. As the material cools it shrinks.
As long as there is an open connection to the mold pip, new material can flow in and fill up the space created by that shrinkage. When there is no open connection however, there is no inflow of new material. In such locations, the material in the center cannot shrink any more because it has to fill the volume between the walls that have already become solid. This causes internal stress. The material inside is “permanently stretched” to fill that void. Places where this is likely to occur are places where there are sudden jumps in the material thickness. On older bricks we find solid studs. When the walls of the bricks had hardened, the inside of the studs would still be warmer and liquid. As a result the studs experienced internal stresses. Often, they collapsed creating “pinholes” on top. In later molds the studs were made hollow to avoid this problem.
The setup of my accidental experiment
In everyday situations, normal mixed light passes through the transparent brick and gets refracted in mixed directions. The end result is that we usually do not see anything odd. The orientation has changed, but it is still a mix of all orientations.
By using a polarized light source (in this case the screen of my phone) we make sure that all light enters in the same orientation.
The light passes through the brick. Because the material is birefringent, the light rays are split into two rays with a different (perpendicular) polarisation. The two rays travel their different paths and have their colours dispersed differently. On leaving, their wave crests can be in phase and combine to give a bright colour. They can be out of phase giving less or no light. The phase condition depends on the wavelength (colour) and the viewing angle. This constructive and destructive interference between the rays of light causes the color bands.
The effects of this are not very apparent until we view the brick through a polarising filter. That filter lets only half of the rays through, and blocks rays with the perpendicular orientation. That makes the color bands visible. By rotating the filter we can change what we see and optimise our result for a nice photo.
So, what can we say about these bricks?
All the bricks in this photo are made from Cellulose Acetate (CA). CA is known to warp. This deformation is a result of internal stresses, so we can expect to get more spectacular results when looking at this material.
On the left there are two slotted bricks (Dogbone logo). On the second brick (number 8), the internal stress around the solid studs is clearly visible in the many fringes around the studs. The brick on the left of that (number 5) has collapsed studs. Bricks number 10 and 18 are hollow bricks (no internal tubes) and they feature the newer hollow stud design. The clear pattern around the studs is gone. The bricks still show a lot of internal stresses, and especially number 18 is very chaotic. As a result of the internal stress brick 18 (and 5) cracked. The internal stress became larger than the molecular binding.
A final thought...
Because LEGO bricks are birefringent, I now have to think about the possibility of making a Viking sunstone out of them… If they are birefringent enough, you can use them to find the sun in any weather and use that for navigation … I wonder if that works with these thin-walled parts… Probably not, but it should be fun to try :-P
"Limited in numbers yet boundless when it comes to exhilaration, the 675LT Spider delivers 675PS and 700nm of torque in a package 100kg lighter than the 650S Spider on which it is based. Every component that can be optimised is optimised. If weight can be saved, it has been saved.
Downforce has been increased by 40%. This means 0-200kph (124mph) in an astonishing 8.1 seconds and a sense of feel and connectivity that can only come from minimal mass and a chassis designed for the ultimate in feedback..."
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This one in awesome purle colour driven by famous youtuber Shmee150 spotted in Monaco during Top Marques Monaco 2017. In the background his second car - proobably the most beautiful car in the world - Aston Martin Vanquish Volante.
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European Rabbit / oryctolagus cuniculus. Dunwich, Suffolk. 03/04/23.
Head detail of a confiding rabbit enjoying golden hour in a disused farmyard. Plenty of vegetation and invading bramble patches made it an ideal place for the population to optimise. Good to see such healthy looking individuals.
BEST VIEWED LARGE.
Cube houses (Dutch: Kubuswoningen) are a set of innovative houses built in Rotterdam and Helmond in the Netherlands, designed by architect Piet Blom and based on the concept of "living as an urban roof": high density housing with sufficient space on the ground level, since its main purpose is to optimise the space inside. Blom tilted the cube of a conventional house 45 degrees, and rested it upon a hexagon-shaped pylon. His design represents a village within a city, where each house represents a tree, and all the houses together, a forest. The central idea of the cube houses around the world is mainly optimizing the space, as a house, to a better distribution of the rooms inside. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cube_house
Simple presentation that shows off Carmen's prettiness. It has taken me a while to optimise the fitting, makeup and lash combination for this lovely mask, but I'm getting closer to exploring its full potential...
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There were people skiing on the slopes below, this is a year round activity here in the Alps.
All of this with a view of the Matterhorn (4,478 m). One part of the area seems like a summer training camp for skiers. Because it is. National ski teams from around the world optimise their skills in the speed disciplines.
Views from Matterhorn glacier paradise platform, 3,883 m (12,739 ft).
My new Roanyer May mask (upgraded version). A little big for me but an amazing product for its price, and quite pretty as well. Purple lenses and platinum blonde with ponytails show it off very nicely. It comes with eye makeup and blush but I added the red lipstick for a bit more oomph! Lots of potential here, but more work to do to optimise future presentations. I have sharpened this one up while editing in Raw Therapee, so it looks quite good in my opinion...
It is time to discuss cross-supports and clutch power a bit.
Clutch power is the magic that makes LEGO work. It is "the ability of its bricks to snap together tightly while also being easy to separate, thereby readily allowing for de- and reconstruction". In engineering terms, it is an interference fit. The distance between the outside of the studs is slightly larger than the distance between the inner walls of the brick. When you push a stud into the gap between inner walls and tubes inside, then these elements have to deform slightly to make it fit. A combination of friction and the pressure caused by the elastic deformation hold the studs in place. (The deformations we are talking about here are very small, they do not interfere with the surrounding bricks when building so they are within the 0,1 mm tolerance.)
When we look at the shape of a 2x4 brick, and assume a situation where all 8 stud positions are used, then we can imagine the outer studs pushing the wall outwards and causing a deformation. This deformation moves the wall outwards and away from the center studs. That means that the fitting is less tight at that location, and the studs exert less force against the wall. The center studs contribute a bit less to the clutch power of the entire brick in this situation.
This is visualised in the image above. The red arrows represent the force exerted by the stud on the walls and tubes. Those elements exert an equal force in the opposite direction on the stud, but I have omitted those from the image for clarity.
If we assume a situation where only the center studs are used, then we can imagine that the outer wall deflects outwards easier then when the corner studs are used. The wall corner acts as a stiffener preventing deformation. A corner stud might grip slightly better than a center stud.
If you would want to reduce the deformation, then there are basically two options: change the material, or change the shape.
• There are several possibilities to change the shape, but not all are suitable to use here. Changing the stud or wall size is not an option because all parts still have to fit the other parts in the LEGO system, so only very minor changes are possible. Adding a cross-support limits the outward deflection of the wall and helps to preserve the fit of the stud connection. Because the situation is not entirely symmetrical (there is a difference between the thickness of the wall and cross-support), this solution is not perfect. Using two or three cross-supports could improve the situation a bit more, but that comes at a cost because more material is needed. LEGO did some experiments in this direction, and I believe this is why. The cross-supports were already used on the long, thin beam bricks and using those on more bricks might be a logical direction to explore if they were trying to optimise the clutch power of the new bricks with tubes. Another option that was tried is to make the center tube thicker than the outer tubes. The additional deformation of the wall might be compensated by a reduced deformation of the center tube.
• Soon after the experiments with the CA bricks with cross-support the CA material was replaced by ABS. The new material deformed less and probably made the cross-supports obsolete on small parts. Soon after, the ABS stud fitting was optimised using the Bayer 1xABCD bricks.
In 1958 LEGO had already considered a design with thin walls and vertical ridges. They never used it until 1970 when LEGO introduced Minitalia as a cheap alternative for LEGO System in Italy. These were the first production bricks using thin walls and split tubes. This design change was probably made to reduce the material cost. Also, a cheaper material was used for these bricks.
A few years later, material cost went up during the oil crisis. I think it is no coincidence that the brick design with thin walls and split tubes was introduced to the regular LEGO System at this time. LEGO was not completely satisfied by the performance of this design and reverted to the previous thick-walled design.
When the thin walls returned in a later design, the most obvious design change was the return of the cross-support. This is not surprising, because the thinner wall offers less resistance to deformation.
Lorelay is a versatile vessel optimised for the execution of small and medium diameter pipeline projects of any length in unlimited water depths, and for associated work such as the installation of risers and subsea protection frames.
As the world’s first pipelay vessel to operate on full dynamic positioning when she was launched in 1986, Lorelay represented a new generation of offshore pipelaying vessel. Her ship-shape allows for a high transit speed, while a large pipe storage capacity means she is less dependent on offshore pipe supply. Lorelay can position precisely and safely in congested areas and lap pipes in very deep water. Lorelay has laid many deepwater steel pipelines; in 1996 she set a new record for deepwater pipeline installation, laying a steel pipe to a depth of 1645 m (5400 ft) in the Gulf of Mexico. (source Allseas)
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Mount Panorama, Bathurst - Open practice day for many classes and brackets.
Here, the "RADICAL" Australia Cup cars, a one make championship with cars specifically manufactured for the series.
Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
"Radical Australia was founded in 2006 by existing Radical Sportscars owners to fill a gap in the motorsports market in Australia. The two Directors of Radical Australia , Greg Smith and Chris Medland, started of as novice track day enthusiasts and have a corporate executive background .They shared a goal to deliver a truly special forum for Radical owners and a desire to optimise the Radical experience both on and off the track, which includes leveraging international racing opportunities within the global network of Radical distributors and racing teams."
optimised sepia in lightroom
I'm delighted with how this turned out.
the best shots are often unplanned.I was consulting when he popped his head round the corner.I had my trusty 350d (which now resides in Phnom Phen with simply rachel)
and shot one handed this single frame, which I cropped a bit
I've uploaded a few other reworked images from Malawi into the Malawi set.
Sentinel-1B lifted off on a Soyuz rocket, flight VS14, from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 25 April 21:02 GMT (23:02 CEST). With the Sentinel-1 mission designed as a two-satellite constellation, Sentinel-1B will join its identical twin, Sentinel-1A, which was launched two years ago from Kourou. Both satellites carry an advanced radar that images Earth’s surface through cloud and rain regardless of whether it is day or night. By orbiting 180° apart, global coverage and data delivery are optimised for the environmental monitoring Copernicus programme. The mission provides radar imagery for a multitude of services and applications to improve everyday life and understand our changing planet.
Three CubeSats piggybacked a ride on Soyuz. These small satellites, each measuring just 10×10×11 cm, have been developed by university student teams through ESA’s Fly Your Satellite! effort. The other passenger is the Microscope satellite from France’s CNES space agency.
Credit: ESA–Manuel Pedoussaut, 2016
Optimised flash lighting with diffuser 20x S-Plan Achromat, 41 frame stack. newton.ex.ac.uk/research/emag/butterflies/iridescence_in_...
The Cube Houses were designed by architect Piet Blom and based on the concept of "living as an urban roof, ie high density housing with sufficient space on the ground level, since its main purpose is to optimise the space inside.
What's a great battle rifle without a marksman rifle brother? Optimised for stealthy, hush-hush missions where no prisoners are taken. The electronic scope is wirelessly connected to the weapon. Push the button on the trigger finger rest and the target will be marked. After that, it magically appears on the HUD of your brothers in arms.
Oh, and she's been fitted with a beautiful camouflage pattern.
Quicksilver Ind. produces top of the notch firearms made for easy and cheap mass production, while maintaining very high quality. Our firearms will always be fully ambidextrous, two toned, operator-friendly and accessory-friendly.
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Credit to Benjoo for the Lancer L3 magazine.
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I realized that the previous version I posted recently was to much underexposed. So I decided to post the optimised one again.
The aurora borealis between gaps in the cloud behind the snow topped mountains of Harris back in March. It was one of these badly timed occasions where the first shot was the best and as the composition improved and the technical aspects of the photo optimised (I realised the tripod was slowly sinking in the sand) the best of the light was over!
This Photograph is from a series of shots I took of skies, above my home.
These have been optimised using Photoshop CC 2021
When appropriate, I have selected the most suitable sky, form this "series" to replace a dull sky in one of photographs.
A video showing you how to do this, with Photoshop CC 2021, can be found by clicking "here" !
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Honigwabe: stabile Leichtbauweise - durch evolutionäre Prozesse optimierte Struktur / Honeycomb: stable lightweight construction - structure optimised by evolutionary processes
Some smaller galaxies are also in the field of view. 4h30 exposure with Sharpstar 140PH and ZWO ASI6200. Image made before optimising the backspacing of the camera.
Cube Houses
Kubushäuser
Cube houses (Dutch: Kubuswoningen) are a set of innovative houses built in Rotterdam and Helmond in the Netherlands, designed by architect Piet Blom and based on the concept of "living as an urban roof": high density housing with sufficient space on the ground level, since its main purpose is to optimise the space inside. Blom tilted the cube of a conventional house 45 degrees, and rested it upon a hexagon-shaped pylon. His design represents a village within a city, where each house represents a tree, and all the houses together, a forest. The central idea of the cube houses around the world is mainly optimizing the space, as a house, to a better distribution of the rooms inside.
The houses in Rotterdam are located on Overblaak Street, right above the Blaak metro station. There are 38 small cubes and two so called 'super-cubes', all attached to each other.
As residents are disturbed so often by curious passers-by, one owner decided to open a "show cube", which is furnished as a normal house, and is making a living out of offering tours to visitors.
The living room of the "show cube" in Rotterdam.
The houses contain three floors:
ground floor entrance
first floor with living room and open kitchen
second floor with two bedrooms and bathroom
top floor which is sometimes used as a small garden
The walls and windows are angled at 54.7 degrees. The total area of the apartment is around 100 square metres (1,100 sq ft), but around a quarter of the space is unusable because of the walls that are under the angled ceilings.
In 2006, a museum of chess pieces was opened under the houses.
In 2009, the larger cubes were converted by Personal Architecture into a hostel run by Dutch hostel chain Stayokay.
(Wikipedia)
Das Kubushaus (auch Kubuswohnung, Baumhaus) ist ein Entwurfsmuster für Wohngebäude, das von dem Architekten Piet Blom auf der Basis von würfelförmigen, auf einer Ecke stehenden Baukörpern entwickelt wurde. In Helmond und Rotterdam wurden zwei Gebäudekomplexe errichtet, die modular aus diesen Baukörpern zusammengesetzt wurden.
Die ersten Entwürfe für die Kubushäuser fertigte Piet Blom 1973/74 an. Blom sah die Häuser als Bäume mit einem „Stamm“ zur vertikalen Erschließung und der Wohneinheit als „Baumkrone“.
Der Stamm hat einen sechseckigen Grundriss und besteht aus drei Stahlbetonsäulen, die mit Betonblocksteinen vervollständigt werden. Im Erdgeschoss ist ein Vorratsraum untergebracht, eine externe Treppe führt zum höher gelegenen Eingang. In Rotterdam gibt es zwei weitere Varianten: Bei der einen liegen Vorratsraum und Eingang beide im Erdgeschoss und die Treppe ist intern. Bei der anderen Variante teilen sich drei Häuser eine Treppe und im Erdgeschoss ist ein Laden untergebracht. Die Vorratsräume liegen anderswo im Komplex.
Der Kubus mit der Kantenlänge von 7,5 Metern ist gekippt und steht auf einer Ecke, so dass drei Seiten nach unten und drei nach oben zeigen. Blom sprach von „Straßenhaus“ und „Himmelshaus“. Das Tragwerk und die Geschossplatten bestehen aus Ortbeton, die Außenwände sind in Holzskelettbauweise aus Kiefernholz errichtet. Die Geschossfläche beträgt circa 100 m² (ohne den Stamm). Alle Gebäude werden von einer zentralen Heizungsanlage versorgt.
Der Kubus hat drei Etagen. Auf der untersten liegt ein Wohn- und Essraum und die Küche, ein Büro oder Hobbyraum und eine Toilette. Die mittlere Etage beinhaltet zwei Schlafzimmer und ein Bad. Auf der obersten Etage befindet sich ein pyramidenförmiger Raum mit Fenstern zu allen Seiten, der als Schlafzimmer, Kinderzimmer oder Sonnenraum genutzt werden kann.
Mehrere Gebäude als Gruppe sah Blom als „Wald“ oder „Dorf“, als definierte und ablesbare Einheit in der Stadt.
1978 fertigte Blom die ersten Entwürfe für das Projekt in Rotterdam an. Es sollte 74 Kubushäuser und ein Kulturzentrum umfassen; das Programm wurde jedoch reduziert. Aufgrund finanzieller Schwierigkeiten dauerte es vier Jahre bis zum Baubeginn 1982. 1984 waren die geplanten 51 Kuben fertiggestellt, drei der Kuben sind größer als das Standardmaß. 38 Kuben sind Wohneinheiten, der Rest gehört zu der Schule, die Teil des Programmes ist, oder zu den Ladeneinheiten. Insgesamt gibt es 14 Ladeneinheiten auf der Promenadenebene, dazu noch ein Restaurant und weitere Geschäftsräume anderswo im Gesamtkomplex. Auf der Promenadenebene gibt es auch einen Kinderspielplatz. Zusammen mit dem Apartmenthaus Blaaktower – ebenfalls von Blom – bilden die Kubushäuser ein städtebauliches Ensemble.
Die Gebäudegruppe überspannt eine vielbefahrene Straße und agiert als Fußgängerbrücke. Es war ein städtebauliches Ziel, die Verkehrsader zu überbrücken und diese Brücke mit Gebäuden zu bestücken. Die untere Promenaden-Ebene ist öffentlich zugänglich. Die Geschosse darüber sind privat. Durch die geneigten Fenster überblicken die Bewohner den öffentlichen Raum.
Alle 38 Wohneinheiten waren bereits vor Fertigstellung verkauft. Zwischenzeitlich nutzte die Architekturakademie zwei Kuben. Für fünf Jahre wurden die Läden als Modeboutiquen genutzt. In den letzten Jahren werden die Ladeneinheiten als Büros oder Studios vermietet. Einer der Kuben ist für Besucher zugänglich.
1997/98 wurden umfangreiche Renovierungsarbeiten vorgenommen. Die Dächer wurden mit Zink verkleidet und einige Fenster ausgetauscht. Die Unterseiten der Kuben wurden neu gestrichen. 2001 wurde die Promenadenebene von der Stadt Rotterdam komplett saniert.
(Wikipedia)
Cube houses (Dutch: kubuswoningen) are a set of innovative houses built in Helmond and Rotterdam in the Netherlands, designed by architect Piet Blom and based on the concept of "living as an urban roof": high density housing with sufficient space on the ground level, since its main purpose is to optimise the space inside. Blom tilted the cube of a conventional house corner upwards, and rested it upon a hexagon-shaped pylon. His design represents a village within a city, where each house represents a tree, and all the houses together, a forest. The central idea of the cube houses around the world is mainly optimizing the space, as a house, to a better distribution of the rooms inside.
The houses in Rotterdam are located on Overblaak Street, right above the Blaak metro station. The 1977 original plan showed 55 houses, but not all of them were built.[ There are 38 small cubes and two so called 'super-cubes', all attached to each other.
As residents are disturbed so often by curious passers-by, one owner decided to open a "show cube", which is furnished as a normal house, and is making a living out of offering tours to visitors.
The living room of the "show cube" in Rotterdam
The houses contain three floors:
ground floor entrance
first floor with living room and open kitchen
second floor with two bedrooms and bathroom
top floor which is sometimes used as a small garden
The walls and windows are angled at 54.7 degrees. The total area of the apartment is around 100 square metres (1,100 sq ft), but around a quarter of the space is unusable because of the walls that are under the angled ceilings.
In 2006, a museum of chess pieces was opened under the houses.
In 2009, the larger cubes were converted by Personal Architecture into a hostel run by Dutch hostel chain Stayokay.
In 2019, the Art cube opened at Overblaak 30. The Art cube is a place where art and architecture come together. With the original living layout intact, this cube house forms the backdrop for the work of various local artists.
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As Singapore continues its rapid development, old blocks of flats and their unique architecture are increasingly becoming a rarity.
Chosen for the Selective Enbloc Relocation Scheme (SERS), residents of these blocks along Boon Lay Drive would be provided a new set of flats to move into, while its distinct orange and green facade and H-shaped structure will be demolished to optimise land use in this land scarce country...
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Tucked away in a quiet corner of the Lake District (UK) is a cleft in the hills through which runs this lovely waterfall. This is just one of the many small falls in a long string of falls.
Often there is only a trickle of water making it's way down the hills, but we have had a fair bit of rain lately and the waterfalls are in spate. With the cold weather we have had, the over spray has made the rocks in this spot treacherously slippy.
Why mono? In the dead of winter, in a wood on a hillside there is no color anyway. What little color there is, makes the image look muddy and just plain wrong. Mono eliminates the distraction of bad colors.
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